All the headlines from our Colorado Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 19 2006 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) said it will oppose a Colorado bill that would mandate emergency medical care coverage because it will increase the number of uninsured drivers, increase...
Jan 18 2006 // Nearly three years after Colorado abandoned no-fault auto insurance, hospitals complain they’re not getting paid to treat accident victims and consumers have to do some checking to make sure they’ve got enough...
Jan 18 2006 // Jefferson County, Colo., authorities said they were considering charges against five teenagers suspected of starting a fire that burned about 2,700 acres and destroyed two small buildings last week.The fire prompted...
Jan 17 2006 // Colorado lawmakers voted 8-5 to have the Department of Revenue take control of the state’s troubled insured motorist database system, saying the state can do a better job than a private contractor.Members of the...
Jan 16 2006 // The 2006 Colorado legislative session is predicted to be a challenging year for insurers, as it works to keep costs down in the automobile insurance and workers’ compensation markets, according to theAmerican...
Jan 11 2006 // The 2006 legislative agenda for property/casualty insurers in Colorado will be dominated by automobile insurance and regulatory issues, according to the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America...
Jan 3 2006 // GEICO is reducing auto insurance rates for its policyholders in Colorado. The statewide average rate decrease is 7.1 percent for GEICO and GEICO General policyholders. Overall premium changes for individual motorists will...
Jan 2 2006 // When David Rivera was appointed Insurance Commissioner by Colorado Governor Bill Owens in April 2005, he was the youngest commissioner in the United States. Despite his age, however, Rivera already had a wealth of...
Jan 1 2006 // When David Rivera was appointed Insurance Commissioner by Colorado Governor Bill Owens in April 2005, he was the youngest commissioner in the United States. Despite his age, however, Rivera already had a wealth of...
Dec 29 2005 // Hub International Limited reported the acquisition of the assets of Employee Benefit Specialists Inc. (EBS), an employee benefits brokerage serving the state of Colorado. The acquired business, based in Denver, will become...
Dec 23 2005 // Colorado’s top insurance regulator has approved the proposed $9.2 billion takeover of PacifiCare by UnitedHealth after creating safeguards to ease physicians’ fears and getting a pledge from the company that it...
Dec 22 2005 // Colorado officials have ditched another troubled computer contract, this time canceling a deal for a system to manage unemployment insurance.The state and contractor Accenture LLP reached an agreement Tuesday not to sue...
Dec 8 2005 // Predictions of 17 named storms in the Atlantic basin next year, with nine developing into hurricanes, have been predicted by William Gray and Philip Klotzbach of Colorado State University. The experts forecast five major...
Dec 5 2005 // A list of the 2005 hurricane season’s most unique characteristics and facts has been released by Colorado State University. A CSU statement said that the just-completed hurricane season was the most active and...
Dec 5 2005 // Beginning Jan. 1, 2006, the standard premium for workers’ compensation in Colorado will de-crease an average of 1 percent, as a result of an order signed by Colorado Insurance Commissioner David Rivera. Although...
Dec 4 2005 // New Online License Service Available for Wash. Agents and BrokersInsurance agents, brokers and other insurance professionals licensed to transact business in Washington can now print copies of their licenses from their...
Nov 30 2005 // A bill mandating that emergency medical care coverage be included in all automobile insurance policies was approved Nov. 17 for possible introduction during Colorado’s 2006 legislative session.The Legislative Council...
Nov 28 2005 // The United Nations 2005 Climate Change Conference gets under way in Montreal today – the first such meeting to be held since the Kyoto Agreement came into force earlier this year, and the largest gathering since the...
Nov 23 2005 // Pinnacol Assurance, Colorado’s workers’ compensation insurer, has elected Gary Johnson as chairman. Johnson replaces Diedra Garcia, who will step down Nov. 30.Garcia is stepping down to dedicate more time to...
Nov 15 2005 // Beginning Jan. 1, 2006, the standard premium for workers’ compensation in Colorado will decrease an average of 1 percent, as a result of an order signed by Colorado Insurance Commissioner David Rivera.Although...